Osian's Auction Catalogue India The Passionate Detachment | February 2001

EXPERIMENTS & EXPRESSIONISM 143 113 SOMNATH HORE (b.1920) a. Wounds 106 S/d in English, l.r. Etching, 1972 19.8 x 16.4 cm. (7.8 x 6.5”) b. Woman with Lizard Signed in English, l.l./ on plate, l.r. Etching, 1975 24.0 x 24.2 cm. (9.45 x 9.56”) c. Wounds (B-3) S/d in English, l.r. Etching, 1978 20.2 x 24.8 cm. (7.9 x 9.8”) d. Untitled S/d in English, l.r. Etching, 1981. 26.5 x 17.6 cm. (10.7 x 7.1”) Rs. 100,000 – 150,000 $ 2,125– 3,190 (Set of 4) “Somnath Hore occupies a distinct place in that he does not seem to have been influenced in any way by the Western printmaking. Unlike others, he lays more stress on form rather than on the latest techniques. In fact it was the new China movement and Chinese woodcuts that impelled him to follow this medium seriously. While in Delhi, where he built up the graphic department in the College of Art, he was impressed by the prints made by Kanwal Krishna and Krishna Reddy, though again he never tried to follow the style and technique of either. On the contrary, he went on experimenting with new media”. (Kali Biswas, LKC#18 September 1974, p42). a b c d Restoration work has been carried out on the etchings.